Missed opportunity for alcohol problem prevention among army active duty service members postdeployment

Mary Jo LarsonMary Jo Larson and Rachel Sayko Adams are with The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Institute for Behavioral Health, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA Beth A Mohr is with The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Brandeis University Nikki R Wooten is with Military Social Work Research and Practice, University of South Carolina College of Social Work, Columbia Thomas V Williams is with Methods, Measures, Analyses, Defense Health Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, Defense Health Agency, Department of Defense, Falls Church, VAAm J Public Health 104:1402-12. 2014

Frequent binge drinking after combat-acquired traumatic brain injury among active duty military personnel with a past year combat deployment

..This longitudinal study aims to provide new insight into the long-term post-deployment outcomes of Army members by combining service member data from the Military Health System and Veterans Health Administration. ..

..U.S. Armed Forces members and spouses report increased stress associated with combat deployment. It is unknown, however, whether these deployment stressors lead to increased dependent medication use and health care utilization...

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Missed opportunity for alcohol problem prevention among army active duty service members postdeployment

Mary Jo LarsonMary Jo Larson and Rachel Sayko Adams are with The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Institute for Behavioral Health, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA Beth A Mohr is with The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Brandeis University Nikki R Wooten is with Military Social Work Research and Practice, University of South Carolina College of Social Work, Columbia Thomas V Williams is with Methods, Measures, Analyses, Defense Health Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, Defense Health Agency, Department of Defense, Falls Church, VAAm J Public Health 104:1402-12. 2014

..9% of those with AUDIT-C scores of 8 or higher. Conclusions. This study identified missed opportunities for early intervention for at-risk drinking. Future research should evaluate the effect of early intervention on long-term outcomes. ..

Frequent binge drinking after combat-acquired traumatic brain injury among active duty military personnel with a past year combat deployment

..The purpose of this study was to measure QOL in a large sample of adult substance abusers (SA), to compare QOL ratings with those for other chronic diseases, and to assess factors influencing QOL levels in this population...